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Dhaya Lakshminarayanan is a storyteller, appearing on NPR’s Snap Judgment live show as well as on the radio and podcast show half a dozen times. She has appeared on The Risk podcast Live in Austin, and is the grand prize winner of ON24’s “Best Travel Disaster Story.” She is currently the host of San Francisco’s monthly Moth StorySLAM after winning a Moth StorySLAM and competing in the GrandSLAM at the Castro Theater. She hosted the Moth GrandSLAM as well. Her stories are all true although as a kid she compulsively lied. Less

Dhaya Lakshminarayanan was named Best Comedian 2013 in the San Francisco Bay Guardian’s “Best of the Bay” Readers’ Poll. Comedy Central Asia crowned her the Grand Prize Winner of “The Ultimate Comedy Challenge” (2013). Her list of credits include the Bridgetown Comedy Festival (2013), SF Sketchfest (2013, 2012), the Boston Comedy Festival (2012 semifinalist), She has opened/featured for or worked with the following: Marc Maron, Janeane Garofalo, Greg Behrendt, Jello Biafra, Dick Gregory, Anthony Jeselnik, Maz Jobrani, Emo Phillips, and Greg Proops. Off-stage she loves making dumb jokes, but still manages to have friends. Less

Nerd Nation returns in November! The Exit Theatre is sponsoring a run of the play (9 shows over 3 weeks). Dhaya is the playwright and the solo actor of “Nerd Nation” a one-person show about nerds. The Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center and San Franscisco Arts Commission have generously provided funds to make this work possible. Please see the calendar for where this work will be shown. Less

Dhaya Lakshminarayanan is an on-camera host. The premiere year of the PBS series, High School Quiz Show, which she hosted won an Emmy. She has appeared in commercials for Amgen, AARP, and Adobe. She has performed on KQED and covered the 2008 election for KMVT. She has appeared on viral videos for Mom’s Rising, and has improvised 'person on the street' interviews and no one was scared of her. Less